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Comment on Jury Duty, Part 1 by Jury Duty, Part 2 | Scatmania

Jury Duty, Part 2 | Scatmania — Fri, 10 May 2013 09:54:12 +0000

[...] This is the second in a series of blog posts about my experience of being called for jury duty in 2013. If you haven’t already, you might like to read the first. [...]

Comment on Free Deed Poll by Scatman Dan

Scatman Dan — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:13:30 +0000

Thanks for letting me know, Emily! I'm working on a new version of the tool which should correct that problem, as well as adding new features, but I'm slightly tied up with jury duty and buying a house right now! I'll have it ready soon!

Comment on The Worst Joke I Ever Heard by Scatman Dan

Scatman Dan — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:12:00 +0000

I’d not heard it told that way before, Becky. Thanks for sharing!

Comment on Free Deed Poll by Emily Falder

Emily Falder — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:49:45 +0000

I would like to point out that the tool does NOT work on Chrome on an iPad (and I assume other iOS devices as well), but it works in Safari perfectly.

Comment on The Worst Joke I Ever Heard by Godzilla

Godzilla — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:58:58 +0000

Your telling it wrong! I feel the need to correct you, although it makes the joke no better -

Person A – Pack it in
Person B – Pakis dont come in tins they come in No19 buses

A large portion of the Indian/Pakistani population of Preston lives in Deepdale, Deepdale is covered by the No19 bus.
It doesn’t make the joke any better but it does make more sense. Kind of.

Comment on Buying a House, Part 1 by Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:11:17 +0000

Buying my flat was the most stressful thing Ive ever done, Im still not over it 3 years later, Im never moving. Not to put you off, its nice to have your own place to destroy and knock holes into.

Comment on Buying a House, Part 1 by Ruth

Ruth — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:30:05 +0000

So far, not one of the places we’ve looked at has had a secret passage between the drawing room and the conservatory. I’m beginning to think that my childhood was not entirely accurate on the subject of typical house layouts…

Comment on Edinburgh 2012 – Day Two by Matt

Matt — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:44:55 +0000

Wouter Meijs is my guess.

Comment on What’s Wrong With Monopoly? by #6 Alls fair in love and … Monopoly | Comfortably Numb

#6 Alls fair in love and … Monopoly | Comfortably Numb — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:30:24 +0000

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Comment on What’s Wrong With Monopoly? by James

James — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:46:50 +0000

What about this Nightline edition by Birmingham NL :) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=543426725680137&set=a.471768976179246.102668.124355917587222&type=1&relevant_count=1

Comment on Hello 2013: My Birthday by Sophie

Sophie — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:21:16 +0000

Glad the fire business didn’t throw you too much. And thanks for the G&T, it was much appreciated. I’ll be sure to return the favour if our paths should cross again!

Comment on Jury Duty, Part 1 by Sian

Sian — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:21:10 +0000

Looking forward to reading this. I did my jury duty as a rather naive 20 year old, and found it to be a pretty eye-opening and depressing experience (it was a child sexual abuse case). I can’t remember much about the actual jury process now, just images and details of what was discussed in court, so it’ll be interesting to read your take on it.

Comment on What’s Wrong With Monopoly? by Scatman Dan

Scatman Dan — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:58:39 +0000

You don’t need to sell me on it: that sounds like a dramatic improvement upon Monopoly: reduced elimination, clearly-defined and easily-measured goals, and probably quite a bit shorter than the normal game (at least, for small numbers of players).

Comment on What’s Wrong With Monopoly? by joshua

joshua — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:28:58 +0000

Thanks for the link. I think the fact that we had several similar reasons simply shows how self-evident they are. I really like the details you provide here, as well as the many references to better games, which provides further evidence for my claim that there has been a lot of board game innovation in recent years/decades.

Re: Trivial Pursuit discussion above, I think Wits & Wagers is a superior game for that type – it cleverly maintains all the intellectual fun of enumerating facts without requiring anyone to know any of the answers!

Comment on What’s Wrong With Monopoly? by Relationopoly | Chicks In The Mitt

Relationopoly | Chicks In The Mitt — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:51:35 +0000

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